Willis Avenue Bridge

The Willis Avenue Bridge connects First Avenue in Manhattan at 126th Street
with Willis Avenue in The Bronx. The bridge features a 304-foot rim-bearing
continuous-truss swing span carrying a 42-foot-wide roadway for four lanes of
northbound traffic and two 9-foot-wide sidewalks. A fixed-curve truss span north
of the swing span crosses the Harlem River freight terminal yard.
The bridge was designed by Thomas C. Clarke, who also designed the Third Avenue
Bridge, and opened to traffic on August 22, 1901.